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you know, i covered hurricane katrina. and i'm seeing scenes this week that i thought i would never see again in my lifetime that i saw in katrina. this is just extraordinary, and it's heartbreaking. and we need to wake up and deal with the fact that the weather is different now. and places like new york are going to need a different level of protection, you know, in rotterdam and in london, they have this huge surge barriers to prevent this sort of thing from happening. you can say you don't need it, but guess what, if we have a 100-year storm every five or ten years, it certainly is worth it to avoid this sort of tragedy. >> so lawrence, if i could ask you or guys, chime in, at what point when you look at these gas lines and you look at the effects of this storm that will prolong now for weeks and days to come, we were warned. we knew it was going to be big. were we prepared, and could the implications actually have a potentially j damaging effect for president obama? >> i don't think there's time for reaction to turn ag
you know, i covered hurricane katrina. and i'm seeing scenes this week that i thought i would never see again in my lifetime that i saw in katrina. this is just extraordinary, and it's heartbreaking. and we need to wake up and deal with the fact that the weather is different now. and places like new york are going to need a different level of protection, you know, in rotterdam and in london, they have this huge surge barriers to prevent this sort of thing from happening. you can say you don't...
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people see the images out of new jersey, they think of the indelible images of government failure after katrina. that's what people are reminded of. that's when you had a president and a federal government that did not work, did not come to the aid of people. so you don't have to talk about the bush legacy. you don't have to draw the comparison because it's right there in people's heads. in the case of our dear friend on radio, what's left of his head is clearly exploding. >> ideologue is the kindest thing said about rush limbaugh on my show. richard wolffe always keeps it classy. richard wolffe and krystal ball. thank you both very much for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, mitt romney actually tells the crowd in ohio he knows all about hurricane cleanup, because this is absolutely true, this is what he told them, he once had to help clean up the football field after a football game when he was in high school. seriously. that's his experience with cleanup. and that's in the "rewrite." >>> and with the election just six days away, will voters across the northeast be able to actually vote on el
people see the images out of new jersey, they think of the indelible images of government failure after katrina. that's what people are reminded of. that's when you had a president and a federal government that did not work, did not come to the aid of people. so you don't have to talk about the bush legacy. you don't have to draw the comparison because it's right there in people's heads. in the case of our dear friend on radio, what's left of his head is clearly exploding. >> ideologue is...
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i remember in my state of massachusetts when katrina hit, and some of the people who were evacuated from new orleans were brought to massachusetts, we gathered them at a military base on cape cod and they thought they were going to houston, by the way. and when the plane said no, we're going to boston, they weren't all real happy because it's a little colder in boston. they came to cape cod and we told our citizens we've got people coming here from new orleans who have been affected by the hurricane if you would like to help by providing some supplies and goods they might need, come bring them to cape cod. you know what, there were cars lined up, people dropping all sorts of goods of all kinds, some things that were temporary like food but others that were permanent like tv sets and clothes. it was amazing to see the turnout. it's part of the american way. we've got people right now that are having some hard times because of this terrible hurricane and the storm that followed it and your generosity will make a difference. i want to thank you. we've got some work to do, but to make this a
i remember in my state of massachusetts when katrina hit, and some of the people who were evacuated from new orleans were brought to massachusetts, we gathered them at a military base on cape cod and they thought they were going to houston, by the way. and when the plane said no, we're going to boston, they weren't all real happy because it's a little colder in boston. they came to cape cod and we told our citizens we've got people coming here from new orleans who have been affected by the...
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buried in a long literature of this from the history of the chicago fire, san francisco earthquake to katrina, when you take the underpinnings of society and strip it bare, when you take out the things that are the linchpin of how people interact and cooperate with each other, that is when you reduce the power relations to the most raw. nothing more political than the moments of disaster because it lays bare who has power in a society and who doesn't. >> just the fact, also one of the things that government does, one of the things government must do, is help protect us from the things we can't protect ourselves from. when we have a disaster, fire, a hurricane, you have to ask the question is government doing all it can do to insulate us from this and if government or people out there are denying climate change and some of these things may be related to that, that's a pretty big dereliction of duty. >> rick perry did pray for rain during fires that burned in texas through most of the year. we didn't get to talk about the president and what he might do if he's re-elected. >> people should watch
buried in a long literature of this from the history of the chicago fire, san francisco earthquake to katrina, when you take the underpinnings of society and strip it bare, when you take out the things that are the linchpin of how people interact and cooperate with each other, that is when you reduce the power relations to the most raw. nothing more political than the moments of disaster because it lays bare who has power in a society and who doesn't. >> just the fact, also one of the...